Friday, 25 November 2016

Hello Everyone, Greetings of the day for the people who are reading this.

My name is Satish and i am from Visakhapatnam,AndhraPradesh. My ILP tenure is from Feb 5th 2016 to April 29th 2016.

I want to share my experiences and suggestions on ILP@Ahmedabad. This is one of the best ILP center, believe me you will come out of ILP with lots of memories.

Coming to the technical batches, they divide a batch of trainees in to LG’s(Learning groups) based on there respective domains. The domains are Java,Oracle,SAP,.NET, there are two places for training one is Tower-3 at Infocity and Garima Park, both are nearby walk able distance.

On very first day you have to report at Tower-3, Auditorium. At Auditorium on First Day:

1.HR will verify our documents

2.IRA1 & IRA2 exams will be conducted

3.They will take photos for our Smart cards

4.Please carry passport size photographs with you minimum 10, and don’t carry any media like pen drives, hard disks with you they are strictly prohibited.

5.They will divide us according to our domains and ask us to report the next day at our respective places i.e Tower-3 Or Garima Park

Maximum Java and .Net will be placed at Garima Park remaining people will be in Tower-3.

1.For Java the training is hard, but one can manage if he/she kepp some effort. Believe me you have to attend many tests like PS1, PS2, IM, Servlets, Struts, Hibernate and a project. But don’t take tension everything will be fine

2..Net is also same as java but some what better

3.SAP is like heaven, no exams nothing only Presentations. One who get SAP can enjoy a lot. But SAP Abab will have exams.

4.Oracle is medium, if you keep a little effort you can clear it.

(ii) Business Skills:

The main thing which is common for every batch is “BUSINESS SKILLS” most important and take care while doing this on the very 2nd you may asked to write on a topic and next Bizz lead will ask to give a talk on a topic in front of a camera. Guys take it serious, if you clear this, you will be put in to “Remedial” it may lead to “LAP” also LAP means extension of training period for 20 days. So please clear at first attempt… Bizz Classes are very important.

Remedial & LAP (Applicable for both Technical & BIZZ):

Remedial is given to a trainee who did not performed well in the technical and bizz. For technical if you are in remedial you have to give the exam again in which you are failed, sometimes you have to give VIVA also.

If you found still not clearing the remedial then you will be put into LAP. LAP means extra period of training give to associates who are in LAP, that means after your training period (3 or 2 months) you have stay there for extra 20 days and they will not provide you accommodation.

In technical skills there is a less chance of getting in to LAP maximum one can clear in Remedial itself. But in Bizz skills LAP is common like they will give it to at least one person in a LG. So be careful with Bizz Skills.

Accommodation:

2BHK, 4 people in one flat.

Boys: Before it used to be at madhuram greens but now it is at Vedika Happy Valley, they will provide us beds with a nice cushioned mattress, Cupboards and attached bathrooms. Bus facility will be given to all the associates from hostel to office

Girls: It is at infocity only, i.e studio apartments, it is walk able distance from both offices.

Timing: You should be in the hostel before 10 PM , timing are very perfect. Very strict environment with security guards. Morning you can go out after 6 AM.

Sports:

You can play Table Tennis at your hostel accommodation.

At office you can play Volley ball, Shuttle. For cricket you can go to local grounds on weekends but you should have your own kits and team to play.

There is Gym facility for people who got Garima Park as their training location, for tower-3 people there is no Gym facility and you cannot enter into Garima Park because it a SEZ(Special Economical Zone) you need a SEZ pass to enter.Weekends:

One of the best place to explore Gujarat. Guys seriously don’t even waste a single weekend explore Gujarat. Here are some suggestions.

There is a private travels at infocity i.e “Virat Travels” one only best travels for all trips. All you need is to make group of minimum 30 or more and name the place he will give the package. Bargain with him for reduction of price and also ask for complimentary. he will ask for head price and arranges bus, hotels, and food in my some trips. guys you will get a lot of fun while trips, you can explore new places, new foods, new people and culture.

For going trips one have to apply weekend leave on your ILP site, timings are very important.

Food:

Garima Park food is good, and we have many food stalls at infocity which are very good and reasonable price. Hotels where you get a nice food are:

All are for reasonable prices 50/60 unlimited meal. There are many restaurants to have different kind of foods. guys you are in Gujarat, you get non veg at limited places and in every curry they mix sweet. People from south will suffer for few for adjusting that sweet mixed food. But you still get our food at INFOCITY.

In sector 16 you get lot of veg food.

Transport:

You will not find buses often in gandhinagar, because we don’t know the routes. UBER is best in gandhinagar, better than auto. Auto wala charges a lot.

Please mind the routes, because all roads are similar in gandhinagar because it was planned and built city.

For trips use Virat & Gayathri Travels, they offer you with best packages.

Memories:

You can find different people from different places all over India sitting at one place, make friends quickly all will be very nice. Don’t quarrel with any one, really you will find best people over there. Mingle with all, mainly with your Lg mates, they will give a life full of memories.

Don’t worry if you are from NON CS background there your co trainees will help you a lot, training is all about sharing knowledge at TCS, there you can become best buddies too. Literally you will cry when you leave the ILP, that many memories you will pack in your life.

TIPS:

1. Dry state don’t try to drink the alcohol which you get in black, if once you are caught literally you will be fired out of TCS. If you still want drink then go to DIU you will get lot of brands at very cheap price because it is an Union territory.

2. Don’t do any violating things at hostel, they will take it very serious actions.Spend your salary very smartly, you will get a less salary. Maximum spend on trips it’s worthy.

3. You will get less salary during training period because they will deduct money for providing accommodation. So spend your accordingly.If any one concerned about base location, please submit the medical documents of your parents if there on the first day itself. otherwise if you get other base location, they will not change at all, there is no use if you submit any doccuments after the release of your base locations.

4. Don’t carry any media like pen drives, hard disks with you they are strictly prohibited.

5. Don’t try to take photos in the TCS premises, photography is strictly prohibited. If you caught guilty, you will be fired out no other discussions.

All the best for the people who got their ILP at Ahmedabad. Have fun…… Pack lot of memories in your life

This information is based on students who took training in ILP Ahmedabad which started in July 2016. This contains some small yet important details which weren't discussed before.

IRA 1/IRA 2:

IRA 1 would be based on questions from aspire.
There won't be negative marking. Cut off for passing will be around 50%. IF you
fail this, there will be re exam in a week.If you fail that also you will be
admitted into LAP.

Don't worry about rescheduling. IRA 2 would be based on Tech
Lounge and there will be negative marking, It doesn't have a impact on
Rescheduling. This will be considered at the end of ILP training which I think
would a negligible factor.

WIFI facility:

We can avail wifi facility. It is around Rs
800/month and extra 200 if you want to share between two devices. Tata photon
has good signal in hostel(in case you want high speed net). But people say that
you dont find much time to use internet.

DOCUMENTATION:

The first two days are allotted for documentation.
Don't worry too much about documentation because some of the unimportant
documents can be given later if not on first day.

FOOD:

The food is not too good nor too bad. TCS hostel
canteen is a small one which sells meals(Don't expect a food court). We usually
find Poha in nearby canteens as breakfast. People who like non veg need to get
adjusted as non veg is not so good. There is a subway in TCS.

We can also go to
some fast food centers which are located at Ahmedabad(20KM) away from our
hostel. Pickle lovers can bring pickles(These are not officially allowed. So
bring at your own risk). There are many canteens in our vicinity which are
reasonably good. We can have lunch at canteen in TCS.

TRANSPORTATION TO/FROM TCS ILP:

There will be buses running from Hostel to TCS both
in the morning and evening. We can avail this for free of cost.

ACCOMMODATION:

Accommodation can be availed 3 days before joining.
Hostel rooms are good with TV facility. Room cleaning/bed sheet washing will be
done atl east once in a week. There will be no hooks to hang our clothes.

Its
better if u can get some hangers or some stickers with hooks available at
markets(These can be purchased at Ahmedabad also). If possible bring mosquito
mats/coils. Hostel dhobi is not good it seems. There is a dhobi nearby hostel.
He charges Rs10/piece.

MISCELLANEOUS:

Don't bring too many shirts(full hands) because
once we get posted we can wear half hands shirts also. People with sensitive
skin, consult your skin specialists because I heard that we are prone to skin
rashes here.

There is a hospital nearby and there is also a doctor in our
office(the medicals expenses incurred will be reimbursed if we consult our
in-office doctor).

Experience #2I have joined my ILP at Ahmedabad on 14th July 2016. Inspite of many doubts from many of my friends and peers, I am posting this. 1. On the first 3 days of our joining we were put into lots of induction programs and videos and some interactive sessions. 2. Most important thing on day 1 was the certificate verification. Apart from all our academic originals, service agreement, passport, PAN and NSR are to be submitted accurately. 3. On 4th day,IRA1 and IRA2 were conducted. IRA1 is completely on basics and the questions were not exactly the same from aspire. 4. If we don't clear IRA1, we would be put into remedial and retest would be conducted. To say about the process of training, there are ample of tests to be cleared, remedial and all. 5. Coming to the period of training, it is of 40 working days for Java and .Net, 48 for SAP and 60 for oracle. If you are in LAP by the end of training, 20 more days would be extended(10 for each technical and bizskills). 6. Finally base locations were allocated till 29th June batch. Mostly Mumbai(for Java), Kolkata, Bhuvneshwar etc.., irrespective of our 3 preferred locations. 7. And there are shifts as well. Morning 7 to 2 or evening 2 to 9. General shift is from 8 to 6.

Wednesday, 9 November 2016

We have outlined the criteria adopted for batching students for December month.1. IT Stream :Greetings! We are happy to announce the release of the next round of the batching letters for the IT stream of 2016 graduates, whose on boarding is scheduled for December 2016.The leader board for November 2016 joining has been arrived at basis business requirements and your performance in Tech LoungeYour Tech Lounge scores & completion status as on the 24th October - 10:00 AM was taken as is and was used as the basis for arriving at the leaderboard(Please refer to the below stream wise cut off scores)We will keep you updated on the availability of Reset functionality on Tech Lounges. This is with reference to the December month batching.Aspire and Tech lounges continues to be your opportunity and window to a participatory early on-boarding in TCS. So, keep scoring your miles and join us fast!Business Critical Batching:We are committed to evolve our processes to drive positive changes and we are happy to inform you that with effect from August 2016, we have one more category of batching called the Business Critical Batching.This would be purely for the students who were the toppers from Code Vita and similar flagship contests and were hired by TCS. For this category, we may reduce the Aspire & Techlounge cut off for on-boarding.Communications on batching for students mapped to SAP (Java Tech Lounge) and EntSol tech lounge streams would be provided shortly.

Techlounge Stream

Stream Cut off

.NET

2804

Assurance

1067

BIPM

2706

Java

767

Mainframe

1124

Unix / C++

1408

Joining ILP :Upon joining ILP, you will be taking up the Initial Readiness Tests(1 & 2) that is based on Aspire and tech Lounge content.Preparing well on Aspire and Tech Lounge assigned will be the key to doing well in IRA.Students whose performance at IRA tests conducted at ILP at the date of your joining is found to be below the set of standards will be asked to leave ILP and their joining will be rescheduled.

If you have any doubt regarding TCS ILP, you can post your queries in Career Guru Portal of Jobber App.

Friday, 7 October 2016

We have outlined the criteria adopted for batching students for November month.1. IT Stream :Greetings! We are happy to announce the release of the next round of the batching letters for the IT stream of 2016 graduates, whose on boarding is scheduled for September 2016.The leader board for November 2016 joining has been arrived at basis business requirements and your performance in Tech LoungeYour Tech Lounge scores & completion status as on the 19th September - 10:15 AM was taken as is and was used as the basis for arriving at the leaderboard(Please refer to the below stream wise cut off scores)We will keep you updated on the availability of Reset functionality on Tech Lounges. This is with reference to the August month batching.Aspire and Tech lounges continues to be your opportunity and window to a participatory early on-boarding in TCS. So, keep scoring your miles and join us fast!Business Critical Batching:We are committed to evolve our processes to drive positive changes and we are happy to inform you that with effect from August 2016, we will have one more category of batching called the Business Critical Batching.This would be purely for the students who were the toppers from Code Vita and similar flagship contests and were hired by TCS. For this category, we may reduce the Aspire & Techlounge cut off for on-boarding.Please note that Oracle (Entsol) - no requirements is applicable for only November batching cycle.

Techlounge Stream

Stream Cut off

.NET

3657

Assurance

1195

BIPM

2818

Java

736

Mainframe

771

Oracle

No Requirements

SAP

759

Unix / C++

1360

Joining ILP :Upon joining ILP, you will be taking up the Initial Readiness Tests(1 & 2) that is based on Aspire and tech Lounge content.Preparing well on Aspire and Tech Lounge assigned will be the key to doing well in IRA.Students whose performance at IRA tests conducted at ILP at the date of your joining is found to be below the set of standards will be asked to leave ILP and their joining will be rescheduled.Note : Webinar session have been arranged to explain Tech Lounge course concepts. they aim at making you to understand and gain confidence. be active and participate in the webinar session.If you have any doubt regarding stream selection, you can post your queries in Career Guru Portal of Jobber App.For more notifications Download here :

Monday, 3 October 2016

#Jobber Notification : Experience #1Friends I waited for somebody to keep post like this but no one kept now I have joined TCS Chennai on 22nd sept and I will share my experienceInitially on day one while entering the gate they gave temporary id card in which we have to stick our photo and security will make a stamp on it, then only we are allowed inside.

After that they made us to sit in auditorium which was on seventh floor of building.the building was really nice that it contains 4 lifts even though not sufficient.Our batch was almost 365 people including all streams. The auditorium was really excellent with three projectors and two big Samsung TVs.While entering auditorium they have a big envelope cover which contains a 100 stamp paper and a notepad with a pen.After that there was hr introduction. He said everything about company later after about half an hour he asked us to arrange the documents which he says according and place them in that envelop and we should submit to them. now listed care fully the documents the said was divided in to three sets1. (a)service agreement in which you and your surety sign must be present(b)Surety verification form (attested)/attested surety passport (c) surety pan card attested(d) surety proof of income (attested).Note : service agreement need not be notarised(e) medical certificate2. (a) 10th marks and grade sheet(only original no Xerox needed)(b) inter/diploma marks and grade sheet(only original no Xerox needed)(c) provisional b.tech certificate(only original no Xerox needed)(d) all mark sheets of b.tech(only original no Xerox needed)(no problem if you have back logs you have to complete by your final semester)(e) condolence marks memo is not mandatory3. (a) non criminal affidavit need to be notarisedNOTE: ONLY THESE DOCUMENTS ONLY WE KEPT IN ENVELOPE FOR VERIFICATION NOTHING OTHER THAN THIS. NO XEROX IS NEEDED FOR VERIFICATIONAfter that hr took that forms and later there are several sessions on health,security,library etc all departments came and told about their importanin TCS each one hour class full boooring. And final class is taken by ilp head full bored.he said about IRA and other things one clarification he gave that even though you fail in ira1 there will be no reschedule but you have to write it once again the training will be as usual he said they will give 3 chances after that he said nothing about it max everybody comletes in first attempt or else nothing more than that.And finally most awaited bank accounts were given for us we got standard chartered bank which was very nice no transaction fee for transactions from other bank ATMs any number of times non chargeable credit card etc more offers.we have to carry XEROX copy of proof and one photo for it.And at the end I,e around 6:30 hr came and said about IRA 1 and IRA 2 will be conducted tomorrow 7:00 am sharp up to 10 amDay 2 :At 7:00 we reached campus and took computers assigned to us no seating arrangement we can sit where ever we want.Frankly saying that I too got tensed about IRA before it was conducted. now I got realised that IRA 1 is damn easy even non cs student can answer easily only aspire topics not more than that.mainly they asked about joins,fullforms,stacks,queue,testing,htms,css,busses etc.IRA1 CONTAINS 40 questions 45 mins (more than enough) you have to keep 22 questions correctly to pass.Don't worry it's very easy than you expectIRA 2 The toughest exam no one can answer even 5questions correctly except experts,but don't worry no cut off for that every one will get negative marks only.you can completely leave itAfter that we went to auditorium again no one came till 1:00 after that lunch break after returning they gave verified documents which we gave yesterday and kept around 40 people on hold and gave them alternate ideas to solve finally they gave ID CARDS at the end if the day and Said timings which we have to attend from MondayFor Java and assurance 1:35 pm-7:45pmFor Unix, .Net, BIPM , Mainframes etc 7:00am-1:30pm and that's all for these two days

Tuesday, 23 August 2016

#Jobber Notification : This information is based on students who took training in ILP Hyderabad which started in July 2016.

1. Batch - July (of year 2016)2. Deg - B.Tech in CSE (2016 passout)3. Domain - ITIS4. Aspire Completion - Apr 6, 20165. Miles - 36006. ILP Location - Hyderabad7. ITIS ILP Duration - 24 days8. Holidays - Sat, Sun9. Timings - 7:30 AM to 5 PM, or, 9 AM to 6:30 PM (9 hrs)10. Break - Two 15mins break, and a 1hour break for lunch.11. Access - You will get Ultimatix + ion + zimbra (Dont ask questions on these in comments plz)12. For getting Salary - Update Salary bank Account Number+ PAN card details+ address+ marital status on ULTIMATIX portal (must before 20th of the month, else you wont get paidNO IRA FOR ITIS :1. ILP is an extension of our college lives, full on fun.2. ILP divided into - Technical and Bizskill (Business skills, Professional Grooming). Its a virtual training on ION, but instructors are there for both3. In ILP main focus is given on Bizskill part1. Bizskill - pre + post assessments on speaking n writing skills2. Technical - few assessments (mainly on hardware, windows 7, windows server, networking basics + advnced + ITIL) and final PRA(this is the main test of 100 marks)4. Pass % in Any Assessment - 65%. If one fails to get pass percentage in either bizskill post assessment(speaking+writing) or technical(PRA exam) he/she wil be in Lap for 15 days duration, that means, their ILP extends for 15 days.In every batch, per say, of 100, on an average, they keep 10 guys in Lap for bizskills. "No one gets lap for technical. " Yes :D5. ILP = 2℅ study + 98% enjoyment and interactionTo be honest, nothing is taught in ilp. Because, its not possible to get trained on all these technologies in just precise 20 odd days. You just have to skim through ion ppts n videos in class n bore yourself to death.If in Bizskill you get a good faculty, then its interesting. ILP bizskill curriculum is outstanding. "Grooming at its best."My LG's(learning group, ur joining batch wil be divided into LG based on total strength of joinees) instructor is from South Africa, knows arabic, latin, french, british+american eng. So we had an excllnt cultural+social exchnge. The activities were very interactive.My batch was lucky enough to get preferred base branch locations(few even changed twice or thrice). This thing doesnt happen to pre-mapped associates. JL is base branch location for min 2 yrs. If premapped u wil get project in ur JL city.And once you are tagged into a project, you have to stay in it unless the project gets completed or you get released from it due to many reasons (you will later come to know that gradually)Presently I am in Kolkata Branch.Projects are of types -1. Internal2. External (Client or customer), US, UK, Australia.ITIS project roles are like --DBA-server admin-bppm-uss (unix,storage, server)-euc-utilities-process n tools-messaging-itil-command centre-networking-metro project-datacenter-event mgmt + email-storage-backup-unix-monitoringITIS is the only domain which generates constant revenue every fiscal year, its an upcoming domain just like Digital. Exponential growth + huge onsite opportunities.All The Best for your ILP journey.